Aroldis Chapman and Wilmer Flores exchanged words for a few seconds at the end of Friday's Red Sox-Giants game, causing the benches to clear.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Friday night confrontation between Aroldis Chapman and the Giants’ Wilmer Flores — who had to be separated as the dugouts began to clear — following the final out of the Sox’ win apparently stemmed from Flores’s behavior in the batter’s box.

It wasn’t fireworks night at Oracle Park but there was a little buzz at the ballpark seconds after the Giants’ 7-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday. As he rounded second base and began heading for the Giants’ dugout after hitting a game-ending infield pop-up,